Poetry Terms
Alliteration- repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words.
Analogy- a similarity between like features of two things.
Assonance- identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Consonance- repetition of consonant sounds.
Ballad- a poem that tells a story.
Blank verse- poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Figurative language- speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.
Free verse- poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc.
Haiku- a poetic form and a type of poetry from the japanese culture.
Imagery- the usage of details and descriptions in order to create a sensory experience for the reader.
Lyric poem- a short poem of song like quality.
Narrative poem- a poem that tells a story and has a plot.
Ode-poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject and is usually dignified and more serious as a form of poetry.
Rhyme- verse of poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the line.
Rhythm- movement or procedure wit uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent or the like.
Shakespearean sonnet- sonnet form used by shakespeare and moving the scheme.
Petrarchan sonnet- sonnet form popularized by petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes.
Analogy- a similarity between like features of two things.
Assonance- identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Consonance- repetition of consonant sounds.
Ballad- a poem that tells a story.
Blank verse- poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
Figurative language- speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning.
Free verse- poetry that is written without proper rules about form, rhyme, rhythm, meter, etc.
Haiku- a poetic form and a type of poetry from the japanese culture.
Imagery- the usage of details and descriptions in order to create a sensory experience for the reader.
Lyric poem- a short poem of song like quality.
Narrative poem- a poem that tells a story and has a plot.
Ode-poem that is written for an occasion or on a particular subject and is usually dignified and more serious as a form of poetry.
Rhyme- verse of poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the line.
Rhythm- movement or procedure wit uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent or the like.
Shakespearean sonnet- sonnet form used by shakespeare and moving the scheme.
Petrarchan sonnet- sonnet form popularized by petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes.
